Usually means: Sharpness or clarity of perception.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. acuity: Merriam-Webster
  2. acuity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acuity: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acuity: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acuity: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acuity, acuity: Wordnik
  7. acuity: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acuity: Wiktionary
  9. acuity: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acuity: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acuity: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. acuity: Dictionary.com
  13. acuity: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Acuity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Acuity: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. acuity: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. acuity: Rhymezone
  18. Acuity: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. acuity: FreeDictionary.org
  20. acuity: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. acuity: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. acuity: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  23. acuity: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acuity: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acuity: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. acuity: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  4. Acuity: Glossary of Lasik Laser Eye Surgery
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. Acuity: LASIK Eye Surgery Glossary
  9. Acuity: Visionary
  10. acuity: Laser Eye Surgery
  11. acuity: Medical dictionary
  12. Acuity: Brain Injury

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Visionary, for the Study of Vision (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
noun:  (figurative) The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.

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